diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c23c94a..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-abcMIDI-2007-01-06.zip
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a916e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+abcMIDI-2008-09-24.zip
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fc6be3..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: abcMIDI
-# $Id$
-NAME := abcMIDI
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/abcMIDI.spec b/abcMIDI.spec
index 6fe050d..c26e21e 100644
--- a/abcMIDI.spec
+++ b/abcMIDI.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Name:           abcMIDI
-Version:        20070106
+Version:        20080924
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        ABC to/from MIDI conversion utilities
 
 Group:          Applications/Multimedia
-License:        GPL
+License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://abc.sourceforge.net/abcMIDI
-Source0:        http://ifdo.pugmarks.com/~seymour/runabc/abcMIDI-2007-01-06.zip
+Source0:        http://ifdo.pugmarks.com/~seymour/runabc/abcMIDI-2008-09-24.zip
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description 
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ which is a part of the abcm2ps.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n abcmidi
 # correct end-of-line encoding
-sed -i 's/\r//' doc/*.txt demo.abc doc/AUTHORS VERSION
+sed -i 's/\r//' doc/*.txt *.abc doc/AUTHORS VERSION
+# remove executable flag from text files
+chmod 0644 *.abc VERSION doc/*.txt doc/AUTHORS doc/CHANGES
 
 
 %build
@@ -55,12 +57,15 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc demo.abc VERSION doc/*.txt doc/AUTHORS doc/CHANGES
+%doc *.abc VERSION doc/*.txt doc/AUTHORS doc/CHANGES
 %{_mandir}/man*/*
 %{_bindir}/*
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 24 2008 Gerard Milmeister <gemi@bluewin.ch> - 20080924-1
+- new release 2008-09-24
+
 * Tue Jan  9 2007 Gerard Milmeister <gemi@bluewin.ch> - 20070106-1
 - new version 20070106
 
diff --git a/abcmidi-snprintf.patch b/abcmidi-snprintf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bcf37aa..0000000
--- a/abcmidi-snprintf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- abcmidi/store.c.snprintf	2006-03-07 21:34:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ abcmidi/store.c	2006-03-07 21:34:10.000000000 +0100
-@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
- extern char* strchr();
- extern void reduce();
- #endif
--int snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...);
- 
- 
- #define MAXLINE 500
diff --git a/abcmidi-sprintf.patch b/abcmidi-sprintf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bd1345..0000000
--- a/abcmidi-sprintf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- abcmidi/store.c.sprintf	2006-06-10 14:00:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ abcmidi/store.c	2006-06-10 14:01:34.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
- 
-     if(strcmp(command,"gracedivider") == 0) {
-       int b;
--      char msg[40];
-+      char msg[200];
-       skipspace(&p);
-       b = -1;
-       b = readnump(&p);
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d5dba47..c610e7a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-be1d03c642ae5a6d99728e4108aa6ae6  abcMIDI-2007-01-06.zip
+3aa16f97bfc3bf187dc6ce5ea6a60750  abcMIDI-2008-09-24.zip